February: Black history, justice, journalism
N. Dakota is beautiful in February, especially when student journalists move a press rights bill through the state legislature! It all started as a student project at the University of […]
Category Archives: Mary Beth’s Messages
Flying forward to Spring, looking back…..
Sankofa, mythical bird of West Africa’s Akan people goes back to pick up what’s important, but keeps flying forward. What a time it is, with so many students saying, “We […]
We Tipped!!!
We are delighted to report that at 4:48p Pacific Time today we hit our tipping point goal of $25,000 on StartSomeGood. We are over the moon here in Tinker Tour […]
Encourage young people to use their First Amendment rights to speak up against shootings of young black boys
From today’s post on Good: Today, on the the anniversary of Trayvon’s death, I’m thinking about all of the young people who are standing up and speaking up about the […]
February 24 – This Day in History in 1969: Tinker v. Des Moines Case Wins Free Speech Rights for Students
February 24, 2014 By Mary Beth Tinker A 6th grader in Texas with the user name “Gummy Bear” pops onto my laptop screen. She’s doing a National History Day project […]
History Day Projects Bring History To Life!
Getting ready to head out in a couple of weeks for Tinker Tour west. In the meantime, we’re being interviewed by lots of kids for their History Day projects. This […]
TT Day 43: McComb, Mississippi
The Civil Rights movement continues. As Mary Beth tells students, 49 years ago — during the “Freedom Summer” of 1964 — her mom and dad were made to lie flat […]
Memorial Day Is For Kids, Too
I’m looking out at an auditorium full of amazingly-quiet seventh graders who have come to Washington DC from all over the country to learn about leadership as part of the […]
Remembering when Birmingham was Bombingham
by Mary Beth Tinker (posted at naacp.org) Fifty years ago, when I was ten, I watched on TV as children of the Birmingham Children’s March were attacked by German Shepards […]
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